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The Reciprocal System of physical theory - aggregated feeds in category AstronomyenAstronomy Magazine: The Sky This Week from June 5 to 12http://astronomy.com/news/observing/2020/06/the-sky-this-week-from-june-5-to-12
Celebrate Saturn, Mars, and several famous asterisms in the sky this week.Fri, 05 Jun 2020 04:00:00 -0600Astronomy Magazine: Remembering the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory: 20 Years after its deathhttp://astronomy.com/news/2020/06/remembering-the-compton-gamma-ray-observatory-20-years-after-its-death
<p><em>The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory helped open up a new window to the cosmos. And 20 years after its demise, we look back at what it revealed.</em></p>Thu, 04 Jun 2020 04:00:00 -0600Astronomy Magazine: Half the matter in the cosmos was missing, but astronomers found ithttp://astronomy.com/news/2020/06/half-the-matter-in-the-cosmos-was-missing-but-astronomers-found-it
<em>The "missing baryon problem" plagued scientists for over 20 years. But a new celestial phenomenon and cutting-edge telescopes helped them find it earlier this year.</em>Thu, 04 Jun 2020 04:00:00 -0600Astronomy Magazine: The history and future of telescopes on the Moonhttp://astronomy.com/news/2020/06/the-history-and-future-of-telescopes-on-the-moon
<em>For generations, astronomers have dreamed of building telescopes on the lunar farside. And that dream may soon be a reality.</em>Wed, 03 Jun 2020 04:00:00 -0600Astronomy Magazine: Ancient Mars may have once had rings, then moons, then rings …http://astronomy.com/news/2020/06/ancient-mars-may-have-once-had-rings-then-moons-then-rings
<p><em>Like a phoenix rising from its ashes, scientists believe one of Mars&rsquo; current moons, Phobos, may have been born from a ring of dust left by former versions of itself. </em></p>Tue, 02 Jun 2020 04:00:00 -0600Astronomy Magazine: ‘Mother of Hubble’ honored as namesake of upcoming NASA space telescopehttp://astronomy.com/news/2020/06/mother-of-hubble-honored-as-namesake-of-upcoming-nasa-space-telescope
<p><em>NASA will name its next-generation space telescope, WFIRST, after the space agency&rsquo;s first chief astronomer, Nancy Grace Roman. </em></p>Mon, 01 Jun 2020 04:00:00 -0600Astronomy Magazine: In historic first, SpaceX's Crew Dragon successfully delivers NASA astronauts to the space stationhttp://astronomy.com/news/2020/05/in-historic-first-spacex-successfully-launches-nasa-astronauts-into-space
<em>Elon Musk's rocket company came through, becoming the first private enterprise to put a human in orbit. The launch also restored America's ability to launch astronauts from its own soil.</em>Sun, 31 May 2020 04:00:00 -0600Astronomy Magazine: Retired astronauts discuss the future of spaceflight ahead of SpaceX Crew Dragon launchhttp://astronomy.com/news/2020/05/retired-astronauts-nicole-scott-and-cady-coleman-on-the-crew-dragon-launch
<p><em>Two NASA veterans &mdash; Nicole Stott and Cady Coleman &mdash; ponder humanity&rsquo;s future in space, as well as the role women will play in it.</em></p>Fri, 29 May 2020 04:00:00 -0600Astronomy Magazine: The Sky This Week from May 29 to June 5http://astronomy.com/news/observing/2020/05/the-sky-this-week-from-may-29-to-june-5
It&rsquo;s a feast of planets as familiar star shapes return to the sky this week.Fri, 29 May 2020 04:00:00 -0600Astronomy Magazine: Death from above: 7 unlucky tales of people killed by meteoriteshttp://astronomy.com/news/2020/05/death-from-above-7-unlucky-tales-of-people-killed-by-meteorites
<em>Thousands of years of historical records show people are likely struck by meteorites surprisingly often.</em>Thu, 28 May 2020 04:00:00 -0600